Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Llech Idris
Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd, recorded as Standing Stone (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Standing Stone
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Trawsfynydd
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.86222, -3.88624
- SAM number
- ME072
- Cadw record number
- 3218
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 135 Harlech (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
A very impressive standing stone, 3.2m high, 1.5m-1.6m wide and 0.3m thick, probably dating to the Bronze Age. It is a slice of flat-bedded rock, a hard sandstone, aligned NW - SE with its broad sides facing to the SW and NE. It overlooks and dominates a stretch of the valley of the Afon Gain to the north-east.
A number of interesting marks can be seen on the NE face. These are clearest towards the base of the face, where sheep rub means there is less vegetation growth, though there are also a number on the right-hand (north) side of the face, which appear similar to Ogham marks. These appear to be artificial, and do not look like random scratches.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric practises. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Pont y Llyn-duTransportunder 1 mi
- Roman Kilns 225m SE of Pen-y-StrydKilnunder 1 mi
- Rhiw-goch including gatehouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Outbuilding at Rhiw-gochAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.